Key Points

In Week 34, SARS-CoV-2 transmission continues to decline across the country but remains at a high level, with a decrease in hospital indicators nationwide this week. The situation remains critical in Martinique and Guadeloupe, and is a cause for concern in French Guiana.

• Mainland France:

  • Incidence rates and hospitalization rates remain highest in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Occitanie, and Corsica

  • Incidence rates and hospital indicators are decreasing or stable across all regions

  • Incidence rates are decreasing in all age groups, except among 0-9-year-olds (stable) and 3-5-year-olds (slight increase)

  Overseas territories:

  • Guadeloupe and Martinique: incidence rates are decreasing but remain very high

  • Persistent high hospital strain and excess mortality from all causes and across all age groups in these two territories

  • French Guiana: high incidence rates and hospital indicators

Variants

• 98.5% of cases identified as the Delta variant through sequencing in mainland France as of August 10, 2021

Contact tracing

• Average number of identified contacts per case remains low, suggesting incomplete identification of contacts by cases

Prevention

• Vaccination coverage in the general population as of August 31: 72.3% for one dose and 66.0% for full vaccination

• Improved vaccination coverage among healthcare workers in recent weeks

• Importance of combined measures: vaccination, preventive measures, and contact tracing

Learn more

• See our report on the COVID-19 pandemic

• Visit our page on variants

• Visit our page on contact tracing

• See other national epidemiological updates